Yaroslaw's Treasure
Autor Myroslav Petriwen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 apr 2009
On a visit to Ukraine to retrieve a family heirloom secretly buried by his grandfather during the Second World War, Yaroslaw, a Ukrainian-Canadian university student, stumbles into a world full of spies and secret organizations, peril and political intrigue.
His discovery of the hidden cache yields clues to the location of a fabled lost treasure-the greatest in all Europe. Working against time, Yaroslaw and a small band of accomplices struggle to uncover and save a nation's heritage, operating in secret to prevent the corrupt leaders of the governmentand the Russians-from stealing it.
Yaroslaw's Treasure is a thrilling suspense story set against the gripping drama of the Orange Revolution, the 2004 popular uprising that saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in Ukraine to overthrow a corrupt government and reinforce democracy in a land long occupied by repressive and foreign regimes.
Rich with history, romance, politics, and danger, Yaroslaw's Treasure superbly captures the wonders and horrors of Ukraine's past, swirls through the treacherous currents of its present politics, all the while providing entertainment as a first-rate thriller.
His discovery of the hidden cache yields clues to the location of a fabled lost treasure-the greatest in all Europe. Working against time, Yaroslaw and a small band of accomplices struggle to uncover and save a nation's heritage, operating in secret to prevent the corrupt leaders of the governmentand the Russians-from stealing it.
Yaroslaw's Treasure is a thrilling suspense story set against the gripping drama of the Orange Revolution, the 2004 popular uprising that saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in Ukraine to overthrow a corrupt government and reinforce democracy in a land long occupied by repressive and foreign regimes.
Rich with history, romance, politics, and danger, Yaroslaw's Treasure superbly captures the wonders and horrors of Ukraine's past, swirls through the treacherous currents of its present politics, all the while providing entertainment as a first-rate thriller.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780978498276
ISBN-10: 0978498275
Pagini: 293
Ilustrații: b/w maps
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Blue Butterfly Books
ISBN-10: 0978498275
Pagini: 293
Ilustrații: b/w maps
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Blue Butterfly Books
Recenzii
" Historically accurate and well researched—from the sacking of Kyiv, through the 1940s wartime episodes, into the Orange Revolution—Petriw displays a very good grasp of the political goings-on in Ukraine. This drama of delightful realism will be enjoyed by many."
—Bohdan Onyschuk, Chair, Canada Ukraine Foundation
—Bohdan Onyschuk, Chair, Canada Ukraine Foundation
Notă biografică
Myroslav Petriw is a lifelong student of the history and politics of Ukraine, from which his parents emigrated after the Second World War. He was an observer during the 2004 elections in that country. He resides in Vancouver.
Descriere
When Yaroslaw leaves Canada for Ukraine to search for family heirlooms his grandparents buried during the Second World War, he has no inkling his personal explorations will draw him into a dangerous quest for Europe's greatest treasure, or that he will be caught up in the swirling intrigues of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution."